IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16224 of 2018 ====================================================== Nur Khatun wife of Md. Mustafa, Resident of Village- Indarwan Abadullah, Police Station- Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Secretary, Food and Civil Supply, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The District Magistrate, Gopalganj. 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Gopalganj. 4. The Block Supply Officer, Thawe, Gopalganj. 5. The District Supply Officer, Gopalganj. 6. The Block Development Officer, Thawe, Gopalganj. 7. The Vikash Mitra Mritunjay Kumar Gram Panchayat Raj Indarwan Abadullah, Gopalganj. 8. Panchayat Sachiv, Gram Panchayat, Indarwan, Abadullah, Gopalganj. 9. The Panchayat Fair Price Shop Dealers, Indrawan Abadullah Gram Panchayat, Gopalganj. 10. The Chairman of PACKS of Indarwan Abadullah Gram Panchayat, Gopalganj. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Arvind Ujjwal-SC 4 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 22-07-2025 1. The petitioner has filed the instant application for the following relief: “For issuance of appropriate writ / writs , order/orders direction/directions to the Respondents to take appropriate step/ action against the concerned Patna High Court CWJC No.16224 of 2018 dt.22-07-2025 2/4 officials who are involved in the mal practices of selling the grains supplied by the Government of Bihar for the poor families for their livelihood through fair price shop dealers to the people who are under category of B.P.L. or A.P.L. beneficiaries for taking the supplied materials by Government of Bihar or Government of India through Food Corporation of India or Bihar Food Supply Department which are not supplied to the beneficials rather the food grain are sold in market by the Respondents in open market as black marketing.” 2. At the very outset, learned counsel for the respondents submitted that the present writ petition was filed in the year 2018, i.e., about seven years ago. In the relief portion, the petitioner has sought action against certain concerned officials without disclosing their names. Patna High Court CWJC No.16224 of 2018 dt.22-07-2025 3/4 3. It is further submitted that, the Government is providing food grains to all individuals falling under the BPL or APL categories. It is also contended that, considering the nature of the reliefs sought, the Writ petition ought to have been instituted as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), if the petitioner had any genuine grievance, at that relevant point of time. 4. The Learned counsel for the respondents prayed to dismiss the writ petition as it is devoid of merits. 5. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the respondents. 6. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respondents, and upon perusal of the contents of the writ petition and the reliefs sought therein, this Court is of the considered opinion that the writ petition is devoid of merits and does not warrant any interference by this Court. Further the petitioner has not made any specific allegations agaisnt the concerned official Patna High Court CWJC No.16224 of 2018 dt.22-07-2025 4/4 with their name. The relief sought against the official is vague. 7. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as devoid of merits. 8. Interlocutory Application, if any, shall stands disposed of. Spd/- (G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J) AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE NA Uploading Date 23.07.2025 Transmission Date